According to documents provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Felix Paulino left a voice message for the agent of an unnamed "well-known Boston personality," threatening to leak incriminating video of the married man at a nightclub with young women. Paulino later allegedly asked for $20,000 in exchange for the tape. Otherwise, he reportedly said he would offer the tape to the celebrity gossip outlet TMZ.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office said Paulino was in federal court for a brief appearance Tuesday where he gave his address as 23 Arlington St., Lowell, and reported he works for an air conditioner- and furnace-repair company based in Pepperell. He said he had been arrested before but did not say for what offense.

Court documents indicate that Paulino told the agent he had "incriminating evidence against your client" and gave him a number to call, warning, "If you don't get back to me I will go viral. I will go viral. If I were you I'd make the call." Paulino allegedly told the agent he was at the Boston club Venu with the celebrity, and recorded a three-minute video of him talking with several young women, trying to get them to a private room.

After several calls, the agent contacted the FBI and began recording conversations with Paulino. The discussions took place in October and November.

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Despite plans to set up a meeting, no meeting ever took place and Paulino never received any money.

Paulino will return to court Friday at 2 p.m. for a detention hearing. He will be in custody until then.

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